About the Book
Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 49. Chapters: TRS-80 Color Computer games, OS-9, BASIC09, Dragon 32/64, Rogue, Frogger, Paperboy, Leisure Suit Larry in the Land of the Lounge Lizards, Color BASIC, Arkanoid, The Rainbow, Rescue on Fractalus!, Thexder, Dungeons of Daggorath, Realm of Nauga, Robot Odyssey, Contiki, King's Quest III: To Heir Is Human, Super Pitfall, Silpheed, Moon Patrol, Star Warrior, Silent Service, Demon Attack, FLEX, One on One: Dr. J vs. Larry Bird, Dallas Quest, Rocky's Boots, Sea Dragon, Penetrator, Pitstop II, William Barden, Jr., To Preserve Quandic, Dung Beetles, Madness and the Minotaur, Mickey's Space Adventure, Color Robot Battle, B-1 Nuclear Bomber, Gate Crasher, Cuthbert Goes Walkabout, Galactic Empire, Phantom Slayer, Atom, B.C. Bill, Spidercide, Cuthbert Goes Digging, MEK6800D2, Rear Guard, Zaksund, Cuthbert in the Mines, Cashman, Ken Kalish, Pyramid 2000, Castle Zhagwhar. Excerpt: The Radio Shack TRS-80 Color Computer (also marketed as the Tandy Color Computer and affectionately nicknamed CoCo) was a home computer launched in 1980. It was one of the earliest of the first generation of computers marketed for home use in English-speaking markets. While the model was eventually eclipsed by the onset of the IBM PC clones, enthusiasts have continued to affectionately tinker with the "CoCo" to the present day. Despite bearing the TRS-80 name, the "Color Computer" was a radical departure from earlier TRS-80 Models - in particular it had a Motorola 6809E processor, rather than the TRS-80's Zilog Z80. The Motorola 6809E was a very advanced processor, but was correspondingly more expensive than other more popular microprocessors. Competing machines such as the Apple II, Commodore VIC-20, the Commodore 64, the Atari 400, and the Atari 800 were designed around a combination of the much cheaper MOS 6502, itself essentially an enhanced clone of...
